Lahore: Pakistan will be inaugurating its side of the Kartarpur Corridor on November 9, mere days before Guru Nanak’s 550th birthday on November 12, and the former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be present at the event on the invitation of Indian Punjab’s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh – a news source reported.
Last week, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said that his government would invite the former PM to the launch of the Kartarpur corridor, which will facilitate the movement of Indian pilgrims to Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Guru Nanak. Dr Singh’s office had reportedly said he would reject any such invite from Pakistan.
The Kartarpur corridor is being built on Pakistan’s initiative and connects to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. The corridor aims at facilitating visa-free movement of Indian pilgrims who will just need a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib located across the Ravi River, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.
